Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-01-28
Local News.

| business, during the week.
Judge Cothren made a business tril
up into Crawford county ON Tuesday
John 5. Slower and wife visited
friends in Darlington on Wednesday.
The Shullsburg G. y. r. Post have
already raised about $500 for reunion
purposes.
DR.. J. II. Vivian went to Madison
on Monday to attend a conference OF
chariaties and corrections.
Tracy Lockman, Il former well
known resident Of iowa county, recent
~ died at his home in the east.
Isaac Tamblyn has added to his
possessions by purchasing the VIM. T
Henry homestead with two additional
lots
The Pick and Cad reports that no
less than fifty thousand dollars was
spent in building in Shullsburg during
the past year
Attorneys J. w. Murphy and D. J,
Gardner, Of Platteyille, have entered
into partnership for the practice of
law.
John Morrison, who is in the employ
of 5. ID. Ludden, of Chicago, ILL.,, spent
Tuesday in this city, at the Economy
store.
Patrick King, the well known resi-
dent of Helena has been i'll for some
time past but is recovering again, we
are pleased to note.
Mrs. Gus Mathison, of }Icriden, Iowa
who has been visiting relatives and
friends in this vicinity for some weeks
past, returns TO her home to day
The Mineral Point whist club again
proved victorious over their Dodgcyille
opponents in match played ut Dr.
Gathers office, on Wednesday evening.
Sheriff Pengelly has appointed as dep
uties, W. \. Owens, of Dodgeyille, and
Samuel Sims, Of Mineral Point. County
Clerk Williams has appointed Benjamin
Thomas, IT, deputy clerk.
Conductor John Sherman, of Wan
llesha, has been running on the Mineral
Point division for the last few days
supplying the place of Mr. Wadsworth,
whose daughter died at GAINESVILLE, on
Wednesday,
LOST, On Friday, Jan. u, in the
southern part of the city, 4 scarf
of split zephyr in four coIors, three
yards long, and half yard wide. The
finder will confer favor by leaving
the same at this office.
The Monroe Gazette says that " the
district attorney, Colon Wright, can be
found at his Office in the Court House,
as snug as a bug in a rug He has
his Office fixed up in tiptop style. We
are glad to note the improvement"
Hon. NJ. NJ. Strong went to Madison
on Tuesday \ bill has been intro
duced in the legislature providing for
the purchase by the state of an in
creased number of copies of Mr..
Strong's admirable history of the terri
tory of Wisconsin.
Miss Belle Wadsworth, daughter of
Conductor Wadsworth, died at James
Vile on Wednesday morning AS
this is the second time death has re-
Gently visited the home of Mr. and Mrs.
WadSworth and taken a beloved
daughter, the atlliction is doublv
severe.
Darlington Branch No. A. Catholic
Knights of Wisconsin, will give a ball
at the Armory Opera House in that
city on Friday evening, February llth
1887. Invitations will be issued by the
the committee, and every effort will be
made to make the affair an ENJOYABLE
one. Tickets one dollar.
T. L. Blackstone, living two and
one-half miles west of the village
of Shullsburg in the town of White
Oak Springs, Lafayette county, will
hold a public sale of thoroughbred
stock at his Inglewood stock farm,
on Thursday, Feb. a, 1887 See
i'll another column.
At about noon on Thursday the
wooden awning in front of the Ross
occupied by b. Becker, the
marble cutter, fell breaking nearly all
of the panes of glass in the front and
and injuring some monuments. The
fall was caused by large amount of
snow pressing upon the awning.
Michael McCarville, manager of the
office of the Singer manufacturing
company in this city, has suffered quite
4 severe attack Of rheumatism, which
confined him to the house for few
days. We are pleased to note that he
has SO far recovered us to be around
again attending to business rs usual
Miss Jessie Coates has closed out
her millinery business in this city and
has gone to join her sister, Miss Mamie
Coates, at Hurley, in this state, where
they intend to carry on an extensive
millinery business: and for conducting
which he is well qualified. Very many
friends regret their departure from thir
departure.
The Grant County Witness says
that " Fisher y. Palmer, formerly of
this place, and William Richards, the
past year or two in Mineral Point. are
about to open a hardware and tin
store in Cuba City. Mr.. Richards is a
first class workman and Mr.. Palmer is
first class bushes man and the two
will make strong team"
On the afternoon of Friday last it
was discovered that a FIRE, originating
in the chimney of the residence of
Rev, Jos. Hewitt, had in some manner
communicated with the lathing and
wainScoting just at the floor in the
lower story, However it was prompt
~ checked and thus, what would have
proved very destructive fire, avoided.
James II. Earnest says that ha pro-
poses TO take an appeal to the supreme
court and see whether Judge Clement
son was right in throwing his case out
OF court when he sued to recover pre-
mlumS for speed of horses at fair.
1t will be remembered that the Judge
declined to hear the case. intimating
that he was not elected to decide which
horse won a race, and who lost his cash.
Frank ID. Millet'S descriptions and
Illustrations of his experience as war
correspondent among the Cossacks ART
one of the attractions in the February
Harper's. "A Winter Campaign" is the
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